Monday's Sessions

Session #1 - 8:30-9:30am - Want to Stop Students from Copying? Change the Product (Rm. 3) Highlights: Model lesson, copying and pasting (data dumping), improve thinking and research skills.
www.tech4learning.com/iste2012

- copying & data dumping (relevancy)
- The Basics. Their part............
  • limited reading ability
  • limited vocabulary
  • lack of research skills
  • lack of understanding of assignment
  • lack of motiviation
  • a non-stimulating final product
- research & change the end product (synthesize rather than copy)
- work smarter, not harder
- give kids a real live audience to present to (more likely to wrk a little harder)
- moving kids up the blooms & Marzano
  • need to pa'a the bottom to get to the top (remember-create)
Model Lesson
  • Write an associative Letter (B is for Rosa Parks) - using thinking skills (indivdual learning - using the thesaurus, dictionary, etc to find meaning of words and using it appropriately)
  • B is for Rosa Parks because.......
  • Take "B" words and describe the words relevant to the subject
Using Pixie / Wixie (or use microsoft word) Creating authentic writing and research
- The IF Report
If it didn't have 8 arms, blue blood, if it didn't squirt blk ink it wouldnt be an octapus.
- Geography Riddle
Describe a place (pull out the important information abt. place) end product like a brochure
- Mystery Report (Who am I?)
10 facts about person, place, or thing
- State Report (Mystery Place)
10 facts about a state or place
- Fact or Fiction Book
book form, with pic/clip art, fact & fiction to answer the questions (opportunity to talk about their learning) its the process on how they got their answer/learning
- Never - Ever!!!!
You should never-ever ask an Emperor Penguin to live in Florida because ...........
- Fortunately, Unfortunately
Fortunately, I got a plant for my birthday, Undortunately, it died on me cause I did not water it.
- Newspaper (Classified)
- Wanted
Giving clues to describe a thing, and element. Means to practive vocabulary - way better than using flash cards. Good for math Vocab. Kids could use them as trading cards.
- The Attribute Report
I am a T-Rex, come to my home in the forest long ago.... Ist person pt of view.
- For Rent
For Rent: One Spider (report abt something)
- Top 10 (Top Ten reasons to Want to live in ........)
- If, But Report (Compare & Contrast) States, animals, person (listing the facts that make sense to kids)

Session #2 - Going to Exhibits

1. Trident - AMS ipad case & stand attachment (school benefits show special 35% off month of July. Promo Code: ISTE2012. www.TridentCase.com

2. Boxlight (Presenting a better way) replacing the smartboard. www.boxlight.com (I personally want this device) $1700

3. See.Touch. Learn - Picture cards. Leverages the iPad's intuitive interface. www.brainparade.com, www.facebook.com/brainparade

4. www.StudentPublishing.com - Make free storybooks, classbooks & anthologies. Library Program (Make addional FREE books for the school library)

5. myOnReader - my choice, my books, my growth. choose books pased on interest & ability, multimedia scaffolds built-in, monitors progress, provides tools to improve 21st century learning skills, includes parents as integral reading partners. www.The FutureReading.com.

6. Display Note - Present, share, & collaborate across any device & any platform. Capture, annotate, control, note taking, view screen, save, store & send. Any device and platform. www.displaynote.com

Session #3 - 11-12pm. Best Elementary School Educational Apps for iPads, iPhones, Mobile Devices. (Rm. 30AB) Hightlights: interactive edu. apps, free and inexpensive apps for elementary classrooms, designed for all curricular areas. (Session Closed to ticketed ppl) Ugh!!!!

Session #3 - 11-12pm. Personal and Professional Growth Using 2.0 (Rm. 1) Highlights: use web 2.0 to explore your interests and passions to help you build a personal learning and support network. (Next avaliable session)

Teacher 2.0 Action List (www. teacher20iste.wikispaces.com)

1. (Re-)Discover your passions (what do you love doing, learning about, why does this matter?)
- We need to discover our passions to model for students so they can discover their passions Turn & share w/ your neighbor (healthy, wellness, new learning, creativity)
- ideas = go out and just do it, stop working so much, go to a conference, ask your friends what they think your passionate about, what do you hope your own children do, move to a new country, don't worry about getting it right, don't be afraid to try, start your own conference (use a wiki), create your bucket list)
2. Build your personal learning environment (PLE) & Network (PLN)
- ideas = look for people you can trust, follow hastags on tweeter #edchat, flipboard (reader)
3. Build your personal web presence (PWP)
- Aggregate your interests, your ideas, and your profile. Personal "Branding" -- what should be on it? Register a domain name. What tools do you use?
- ideas = Where are you keeping your profile? public and personal profile, alias, blog, google sites, facebook, linkedin, about.me, blogger's pages
4. Develop your Online "Habitudes"
- what are your emotional or practial barriers? What can you be modeling for students?
  • respect, thoughtful, great moment of learning, tenacity (when your learning your modeling for students. Takes tenacity to get thru your learning.
5. Become a part of the conversation
- Write somewhere, share somewhere, where did you start?
- its okay not to be perfect, but represent yourself well. move frm worker 2 participant
6. Participate in a _ (missed it) ;(
7. Elevate Your Voice or Career
- Speak or present at a training, a conference, or online. Start a webinar/interview series. Be a voice for what your value. ISTE Live = easy environment to hold a session for your peers (things I learned @ sharing) w/ an audience.
1. EXPERIMENT! "Failure is free"
2. Be Authentic
3. Be Collaborative

Session #4 - 11-1pm - Kids improving Our World Solution Forum - Student Driven Technology (Lobby DE - Table 5) Highlights: Projects that empower youth, identify problems & develop creative positive solutions. Student-drivien technology use.
Student Showcase__
Student: Gaurav Mishra (used webs.com to create website on iliteracy)
Awareness of iliteracy. Used Powerpoint, published on slideshare.com
Created a video using xtranormal website
usliteracy.webs.com to view student project

Session #5 - 12:45-1:45pm - iLearn: Creativity Meets the iPad2 (Rm. 20CD) Highlights: use ipad across the curriculum for productivity, creativity, and multimedia production, curriculum-area intergration. (Arlington public Schools in Virginia)
- Creativity - engage, collaborate, create, communicate, publish, celebrate.
- Iste nets
- Students as content producers - personalize learning, differentiated expressions of learning, creative applications to author their learning
- Creativity Apps - camera (communication & collaboration), video, comics (to synthesize ideas), garage band (producing authentic music), multi-media books to share w/ larger audience & parents (iMovie),
- Student Creativity and productivity (learning with iPad) Video iPad ebook Publishing (App = drawing pad)
- Author party/sharing = students share with an audience
- Embed videos & pics (ePubs/ eBooks)
- App = Book Creator for iPad (embeds text, pics, & voice over)
- ABC Books (2nd grade) App = Pages
- App = iThoughts (Brain storming) App = Corkulous (putting it all together) App = Inspiration Maps (brainstorming, draft, outline, pictures, templates. App = Popplet (Bring in pic and text and frame it), App = Drawing pad, Adobe Ideas, Doodle Buddy (tools for drawing). App = Diptic, Photogene, Adobe photoshop exjpress, iPhoto (Photography)
- Authentic expressions (express learning with movies) drawing, pictures, video, voice over.
- History Review Video (end of chapter review in a form of a rap)
- I am video - express personal growth (I am ...... because, most important to me......., my _ is)
- Garage Band = music & podcast creativity (Global / Cross Culture Collaboration) Sending track to different parts of the world creativing a multi-culture music.
- iWorks = keynotes, comic touch, comic life
- iStop Motion (use in book reports)
- Sock Puppets (animation)
- Animation-ish (comming this summer)

Digital Books for Digital Kids - Books created by Kids for kids
digitalbooksfordigitalkids.wikispaces.com

Session #6 - 4:14-5:15pm - First Grade's Got Talent! Primary Students Designing E-Portfolios (Rm. 3) Highlights: Students create simple e-portfolios using tech resources & engaging activities. Tool that promotes discovery & self- reflection.
Created edmodo acct - KumuKanani
Group edmodo - 5kirrd
- http://elementaryeportfolios.blogspot.com
- Teach your students how to create simple ePortfolios using technology resources and engaging activites.
- Collaborative Model Lessons
- www.polleverywhere.com to create a voting acct.
- set up scanner & teach students how to use. scan work & embed in ePortfolio acct.
- every child have a laptop and email act (gmail) provided by the district. District block/restricts student acct.
- ePortfolio includes = developmental, reflective, showcase, assessment, ePortfolio
  • Developmental - shows growth, comparisons, time frames (progress over a period of time)
  • Assessement - Authentic, Ongoing, Varied (Evaluationg student performance)
  • Reflective - Student-Led, Thought-Provoking, Teacher-Guided (Goal Setting, Self-Discovery & Individualized)
  • Showcase - Best Work!, Shows Groweh, Student & Tchr-Selected. ("Spotlighting" your best!)
Create a blog for students (blogger.com), embed student work, post & publish.

Model Lesson - Session #1
Model Lesson - Session #1

Exhibit Session #2 - iPad App
Exhibit Session #2 - iPad App

Exhibit - Session #2 - Boxlight Projector
Exhibit - Session #2 - Boxlight Projector

Exhibit - Session #2 - Boxlight
Exhibit - Session #2 - Boxlight

Student Showcase - Iliteracy
Student Showcase - Iliteracy